McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 July 1762]
Call Number:
762.07.25.01++ Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length female figure holding a vase in her hands stands before a large, leafed-out tree, a open landscape in the distance. At her side, stands the small figure of her brother as Cupid holding her dress and looking off to the left
Description:
Title from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits. and Second state, with letters.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, July 25th 1762 ; sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Crewe, Frances Anne, 1748-1818,, Greville, William Fulke, -1837,, and Cupid (Roman deity)
"Portrait after Gardner, half length to right, looking to front with arms crossed in lap; wearing a hat with slik trim, a neck tie with long fastening falling to the bow of her scarf, a light dress and dark shawl; trees blown in the wind behind and hills at right; oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state. See Goodwin., Possibly the second state of the plate as described by Goodwin. The British Museum impression, which is the exemplar of this state, is trimmed with probable loss of the imprint and plate numbering present here. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0625.1152., Date of publication inferred from imprint on the third state, which includes a date of 20 April 1780. See Goodwin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. I"--Lower left corner., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 518, no. 1., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 191 (leaf numbered '233' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Sitter identified in ink on mounting page, in a later hand: Lady Crewe (Francis Anne Greville).
Publisher:
Sold by J. Smith, 4 William Stt., Manchester Square
